“I’m now expected to play well, winning the medal. Eyes are going to be on me a lot more than previous years,” Cox-Goodyer said.

“The external pressure will definitely be there, but I feel within myself I want to take the next step.”

The 24-year-old is waiting to also come back down from his triumphant high.

Add the State League premiership and the Darrel Baldock Medal for eight goals in the 87-point grand final win and Cox-Goodyer can’t remember a better year since debuting in 2009.

“It hasn’t actually sunk in yet – it still feels all a bit raw,” he said. “It’ll take a couple of weeks or even months to realise that it’s quite a massive achievement. I’ve just been enjoying what’s been going on the last couple of weeks.

“To win the Lynch Medal in a premiership year just makes it that much sweeter.”